Bio: Shenna Sheffield, 28, lives off Old Rocky Ridge Road in Hoover and is a billing specialist for Lifeguard Ambulance Service.

How long have you lived in Hoover? Three and a half years. I'm from Mississippi.

What do you like best about living in Hoover? Everything is close by. Great food. An excellent school district. That's No. 1. The school district is awesome. And it's a quiet place to raise my children.

How many children do you have? Three. They're 6, 8 and 9.

Do all of them go to Green Valley Elementary? Yes, they're in kindergarten, third and fourth grades.

What's the worst thing about living in Hoover? The living expenses are kind of high. Everything else is great.

What do you like to do outside of work? Playing with my kids. For the most part, we go bowling, and I'm taking them to their extra-curricular activities. I model. I coach the basketball team for my two boys.

Where do you model? There is a magazine company called GM Magazine. I (also) do some modeling for some fashion shows every now and then, when time permits - like the NAACP Fashion Show last year. There is a group called Urban Birmingham that did a breast cancer awareness show last year about this time, and I did that.

Did you play basketball as well? I did. I didn't play for my college. In high school, I played varsity basketball point guard and shooting guard, and I also ran track.

What did you run in track? I was a sprinter. This year, I'm going to get my son to run track for Green Valley. He's pretty fast, and he takes after me.

What do you think about the state of the country right now? Where can I start? Hopefully, we're going to progress with everything as far as health insurance and jobs, mortgage rates ... I know we had some issues years back. I know it's going to take time to get back on track. Right now, it's kind of lopsided.

What do you mean? The election kind of makes things a little uneasy. Usually, it does happen around election time. I'm just ready for this election to be over with.

Who do you plan to vote for? I have my mind set on (President Barack) Obama.

What do you like about him? I think he actually cares. He's somebody I can trust to run the country again. I don't have to question everything. Right now, pretty much everything he says is sticking, versus his opponent, who will say one thing and it changes. On women's issues, I don't think he (Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney) really cares too much about women's rights.

Did you watch any of the debates? Yes, I watched all three.

What did you think? The first one - I wasn't expecting the outcome. I think President Obama was a little too comfortable. He wasn't aggressive enough for me. He was almost cocky a little bit. With (Vice President Joe) Biden and (Congressman Paul) Ryan, it was very interesting. The way Biden was was the way I expected Obama to be. The second one with President Obama and Romney, it was very interesting. It was in Obama's favor. He was a little bit more aggressive. I was very pleased with how the outcome was. I wished they would have asked more questions about women's rights.

That's an important issue to you? I'm a woman. I believe I have my own choice of what I can and can't do with my body as far as Roe vs. Wade. I would expect there would be more equality with women's pay, considering this is 2012 and not the early 1900s. I don't want men to think they're more superior because they are men. Women can do just as well as men.